Tried and True Native Plant Selections for the Mid-Atlantic
Wild Azalea’s showy flowers, which bloom just before or as its leaves emerge, make it a great substitute for overused non-native and hybrid azaleas or other traditional spring-flowering species. It is native* to moist woods, swamp margins, and stream banks throughout the Mid- Atlantic Region where it thrives in dappled sunlight or high open shade.
*Common throughout the Mid-Atlantic Region. You can view the VA counties in which it has been reported here.
Learn more about Rhododendron periclymenoides.
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